Vortex Unable to find SkyrimSE.exe

[ShadowFist25]

I'm using Vortex 1.8.5, I am trying to play skyrim special edition that I bought from steam

I'm trying to use a series of complicated mods that worked fine when I was playing with modded skyrim previously.

Everything worked, I updated Vortex, then it couldn't find SkyrimSE when I tried to start it, afterwards I tried updating the script extender but nothing changed.

Note: I'm able to open skyrim se though steam with the mods mostly working

Edited July 20, 2023 by ShadowFist25

[vortexposer]

Check that the SKSE Dashboard tool is targeting the deployed game folder copy.

[showler]

That's not a message from Vortex, it's a message from SKSE64. As vortexposer says, look for the solution in the dashboard tool.

[ShadowFist25]

Check that the SKSE Dashboard tool is targeting the deployed game folder copy.

how do I do that

[vortexposer]

Go to Tools on Vortex Dashboard tab; select side dot to pop edit option, confirm in target path that it is pointing to your game folders skse64_loader.exe and not Mod's Staging folder. Typically, when skse throws this error it means it was launched outside of the game folder - so it can't find the game's executable.

Edited July 21, 2023 by vortexposer

[ShadowFist25]

thanks, I messed with the file locations a bit and it works now